Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber – Nachtviolen – Schubert. Lieder (2014) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Franz Schubert – Nachtviolen-Schubert Lieder – Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:41 minutes | 650 MB | Genre: Classical
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Nachtviolen is the title of a text by Schubert’s frequent collaborator Johann Mayrhofer, here translated with the flowers’ usual English name, Dame’s Violets. They might also be called night violets, which gives an idea of the gentle yet often somewhat dark and mysterious mood of most of the songs programmed here by German baritone Christian Gerhaher. The songs are by and large not very common ones, and Sony deserves credit for not insisting on the inclusion of one of the big Goethe hits. But what Gerhaher gets instead is unusual continuity, both within the often very complex songs he has chosen and over the course of the entire program. The partnership between Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber is very close in examining the ways Schubert emancipated the piano from an accompanimental role and often had it mold songs into entirely new shapes. Gerhaher’s voice is deceptively smooth; listeners won’t realize how deeply they’ve been drawn into the drama of a song and how it spills over the neat quatrains of the poetry. The entire program will haunt the mind long after hearing it, but for those who have to have highlights, check out the quietly bittersweet conclusion of Abschied, D. 475 (track 4), and the wild harmonic experimentation of Totengräber-Weise, D. 869 (Gravedigger’s Song, track 15). A triumphant release from a singer who has emerged at the top of the considerable heap of baritone Schubert specialists.

Tracklist:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Lieder
1. An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D. 614 08:01
2. Hoffnung, D. 295 01:26
3. Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid), D. 876 02:41
4. Abschied, D. 475 05:09
5. Herbst, D. 945 03:34
6. Über Wildemann, D. 884 02:21
7. Der Wanderer, D. 649 02:23
8. Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870 02:26
9. Der Zwerg, D. 771 04:54
10. Abendstern, D. 806 02:08
11. Im Walde, D. 843 05:09
12. Nach einem Gewitter, D. 561 01:33
13. Der Schiffer, D. 694 03:11
14. An die Nachtigall, D. 196 01:55
15. Totengräber-Weise, D. 869 05:12
16. Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 03:16
17. Nachtviolen, D. 752 02:35
18. Abendlied für die Entfernte, D. 856 05:14
19. Wehmut, D. 772 02:24
20. Der Strom, D. 565 01:31
21. Der Hirt, D. 490 02:17
22. Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D. 360 02:47
23. Nachtgesang, D. 314 01:40
24. Der Sänger am Felsen, D. 482 03:06

Personnel:
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Gerold Huber, piano

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